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Betriebsärztlicher Dienst des Universitätsklinikums Heidelberg
130 Im Neuenheimer Feld
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, 69120
Germany

Andrea Kruse

Andrea Kruse studied chemistry at the University of Heidelberg and after having received her Ph.D. at the University of Heidelberg and the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (KIT today), she became junior group leader and later group leader in Karlsruhe. For her habilitation at the University of Darmstadt, Andrea focused on new concepts for the production of hydrogen from carbohydrates, one of the major components of biomass. Since 2012, Andrea is a professor for conversion technologies of bio-based resources at the University Hohenheim and has, among other research focuses, great interest in the conversion of biomass into basic chemicals and energy carriers. Besides her research efforts and lectures, Andrea is board member of a variety of committees and institutes as e.g. the Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ) in Leipzig.

Isaiah Lopaz

Isaiah Lopaz is a writer and an artist who was born in Los Angeles in 1979. Through collage, photography, and “curated conversations”, his work explores race and racism, African and Afro-Diasporic histories, and the lived experiences of people who identify as both Black and Queer. He currently lives in Berlin and is hard at work on a film titled "A History of Remembering".

Obada Alhalabi

Born in Kuwait to Syrian parents, Obada Alhalabi moved to Germany when he was 17 to study medicine. With extensive extracurriculars, Obada managed to achieve academic success, received the DAAD award for international students, took part in initiatives that help integrate his peer international students, and was proactive in refugee aid.

Patrick Halli

30-year-old Patrick Halli studied psychology at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Aside from his studies, Patrick uses most of his time to swim, bike and run in and around Mannheim and competes in Ironman distance triathlons. Five years ago, Patrick began as a guide for young, visually impaired athletes that aim to compete in triathlons. In the course of this volunteer work, he learned that finishing a triathlon together is very exciting and adds team spirit to a very competitive sport that is usually carried out individually.

Sameera Singh

Sameera grew up in New Delhi, India and studies Psychology, Neuroscience, and Philosophy at McMaster University, Canada. She spends a lot of time ruminating about existence and morality or getting excited over a well-designed psychology experiment. In 2017, Sameera helped design a course for McMaster University called “Engaging your world: Science For a Global citizen” which aims to teach how science interacts with society; how science addresses the key challenges in our society and how society affects the way science is conducted. When she is not reading Kant, she loves doing improv comedy and ranting about disability rights. She hopes that one day her rumination and ranting can turn into ideas that impact the world.

Shermin Voshmgir

Shermin is the director of the Research Institute for Crypto Economics at the Vienna University of Economics, and the founder of BlockchainHub. She is also advisor of Jolocom, a blockchain based self-sovereign identity protocol and Wunder, a decentralized Art Museum. In the past, she was a curator of The DAO and on the advisory board of the Estonian e-Residency. She regularly speaks at conferences and consults on Blockchains and the social impact of future technologies. Shermin did her Ph.D. in IT-Management at the Vienna University of Economics, where she used to work as an assistant professor and currently lectures blockchain related topics. Shermin is Austrian with Iranian roots, living between Berlin and Vienna.

Timo Goeschl

Timo Goeschl is professor of Environmental Economics in the Department of Economics at Heidelberg University and director of the Research Center for Environmental Economics as well as research associate of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim. Timo is co-editor of the journal Environmental & Resource Economics and, over the years, has advised the World Bank, the OECD, the International Maritime Organization, the UK’s Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, the Environment Agency for England and Wales, and the German Parliament (Bundestag), among others.